Table 1

List of accessions surveyed, including information on the source of each sample.
Species	Code	Cultivar/Accession	PI/herbarium^a	Origin^b

C. tinctorius L.	saffW	W6 6730	PI 576995	China*
C. tinctorius L.	saffL	LESAF 494	PI 603207	Canada
C. tinctorius L.	saffE	ENANA	PI 610263	Spain*
C. tinctorius L.	saffU	USB	PI 560163	USA
C. tinctorius L.	saffAZ	ARIZ SAFF COMP III	PI 572418	USA
C. tinctorius L.	saffAC	AC SUNSET	PI 592391	Canada
C. tinctorius L.	saff1063	BJ-1063	PI 250601	India*
C. tinctorius L.	saff673	BJ-673	PI 193473	Ethiopia*
C. tinctorius L.	saff2701	BJ-2701	PI 253762	Iraq*
C. tinctorius L.	saff1067	BJ-1067	PI 250606	Egypt*
C. tinctorius L.	saffTS	TOZI SPINY	PI 271070	Sudan*
C. curdicus Hanelt	curd	Hanelt	W 12361	Iraq
C. gypsicola Iljin	gypA	UZ99a	-	Uzbekistan
C. gypsicola Iljin	gypB	UZ99b	-	Uzbekistan
C. oxyacanthus Bieb.	oxy2	K-2	PI 426428	Pakistan
C. oxyacanthus Bieb.	oxy1076	K-1076	PI 426185	Afghanistan
C. oxyacanthus Bieb.	oxy604	K-604	PI 426467	Pakistan
C. palaestinus Eig	palBJ	BJ-1964	PI 235663	Israel
C. palaestinus Eig	pal96	Ashri1917	GAT 3796	Israel
C. palaestinus Eig	pal97	Ashri1642	GAT 3797	Israel
C. palaestinus Eig	pal98	Ashri	GAT 3798	Israel
C. persicus Willd.	perG	Garcia-Jacas 2002	-	Turkey
C. persicus Willd.	per00	Aydem 157	GAT 3800	Turkey

^aNumbers refer to the USDA accession (PI), Vienna Museum of Natural History (W) or Gatersleben herbarium accession (GAT). No number indicates a private collection. '-' indicates missing voucher specimens. More seeds are, however, available from these collections. ^bAsterisks refers to the seven accessions of safflower from the seven so-called "centers of similarity" (ref. [3]; see text for details)
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